Gottfried Lindauer
Hon Hori Kerei Taiaroa, MLC
Artwork Detail
Hori Kerei Taiaroa belonged to the prominent Ngai Tahu family of Taiaroa.He was christened Hori Kerei after former Governer Sir George Grey. Taiaroa grew up in Otakou on the Otago peninsula and was taught to read and write by Wesleyan missionaries. He was known as a pragmatic politician,for he advanced Ngāi Tahu land claims against the government but didn’t live to see a settlement outcome. He died in 1905.
- Title
- Hon Hori Kerei Taiaroa, MLC
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1901
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 668 x 590 x 50 mm
- Inscription
- G. Lindauer 1901 (l.r.). (reverse) The Hon. Taiaroa M.L.C. G.L. Pinx 1901.
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
- Accession no
- 1915/2/9
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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